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    The Palace Casino in Biloxi, severely damaged by Katrina, lies partially submerged.
    Dennis L. Rubin details through first-hand experience the response in Biloxi, MS, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
    Nov. 1, 2005
    Chris Lund
    Tilton-Northfield Ladder 1 and multiple street guns protect the exposure 30 feet from division D.
    Jay K. Bradish reports on a nighttime fire, battled in below-zero weather, destroyed a 28,040-square-foot strip mall and caused $2 million in losses.
    Nov. 1, 2005
    Photo by Rob Roe
    Aerial master streams are played on the burning automotive repair shop. Seven cars and hundreds of tires were lost in the fire, which took two hours to bring under control.
    Coverage of a three-alarm fire in an auto repair shop; plus the latest "Hot Spots on the Web."
    Nov. 1, 2005
    Photo by Stuart Campbell
    These vehicles were damaged by a car bomb in Iraq. Specialized training is needed before fire and EMS departments can respond to actual or suspected incidents involving vehicle-borne improved explosive devices.
    August Vernon addresses the continuing threat of suicide bombers and terrorist attacks in the U.S. in the third part of this series.
    Nov. 1, 2005
    Photos by Martin Nate Rawner
    Though the situation proposed is theoretical, L.A. City and County firefighters battled an actual blaze in a four-story office building in Playa Del Rey, CA, on Aug. 31, 2005. Firefighters attacking the blaze with handlines on the fourth floor encountered heavy smoke and heat. The blaze was controlled in one hour. In all, 110 L.A. firefighters responded
    The Los Angeles Fire Department's tactical decision unit poses a hypothetical scenario and role-playing ideas to solve it.
    Nov. 1, 2005
    Firehouse conducts a Q&A with the chief engineers of apparatus manufacturers and discusses 2007 vehicle emissions standards.
    Nov. 1, 2005
    Photo by Tom Shand
    The storage of hydraulic rescue tools and electric cable reels can be combined in relatively small areas, when required. This unit is operated by the Waldorf, MD, Fire Department.
    Tom Shand and Michael Wilbur discusses the line voltage generator system as one of the most important fixed components on any rescue vehicle.
    Nov. 1, 2005
    It's not easy to find silver linings in the wreckage left by Katrina and Rita but, if nothing else, the back-to-back hurricanes exposed critical flaws in the nation's disaster...
    Nov. 1, 2005
    By request of the author, this article is not available online
    Nov. 1, 2005
    Contrary to all the media reports that it took the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) five or six days to reach New Orleans after the devastating Hurricane Katrina, Tennessee...
    Nov. 1, 2005
    Pick up any issue of Firehouse Magazine or look at Firehouse.com and it's clear that there has never been a time when there has been so intense and coordinated a focus on firefighter...
    Nov. 1, 2005
    More than 18 months after Congress enacted two laws expanding the Public Safety Officers Benefits Act (PSOB), the U.S. Department of Justice proposed new regulations in July ...
    Nov. 1, 2005
    Photo courtesy of Salinas, CA, Rural Fire Protection District
    The 50-pound bumper and the strut piston unit impaled in a fence that was along the right side of the vehicle. The bumper stopped approximately 20 feet from the front of the burning Volvo.
    Subject: Pressurized Vessels on Vehicles: Part 4 - Energy-Absorbing Bumper Systems Topic: Catastrophic failure of energy-absorbing bumper systems during vehicle fires Objective...
    Nov. 1, 2005
    Congratulations on your promotion to company officer and accepting the responsibility to be a leader in your fire department. Now that you have reached this important step in...
    Nov. 1, 2005